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L. B. WACKMAN AND T. CONNORS.

DRUM FAUCET.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 25. 1915. 1,320,429. Patented Nov. 4,1919.

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LOUIS B. WACKMAN AND THOMAS CONNORS, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNORS T0 ST.

lLouis ivinranwnnn co., or sfr. Louis,

. DitUM-FAUGET.

MISSOURI, Al CORPORATION 0F MISSOURI.

Patent-ea Nova, 19,19.

Application filed September 25, 1915. Serial No. 52,742.

To all who/1a t may concern Be it knownthat we, Louis B; VAGK- MAN and THOMAS CoNNons, citizens of the United States of America,and residents of the city of St. Louisv and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and. useful Improvements in Drum-Faucets, of which thefollowing'is a specification.

The primary object of this invention is to provide an improved and inexpensive combination of closure plug and dispensing faucet whereby the faucet can be releasably secured to the plug inside of a container or drum which is adapted to be shipped.

Another object is to provide an improved faucet for a drum `which has an improved turnabl'y mounted hollow valve Vthat is adapted to dispense fluid from oneen'd of a valve.

Other and further objects will appear in the specification, out in the appended claims, ing had to the accompanying drawings eX- einplifying the invention, and in4 which, t

Figure 1 is a viewof a drum,lshowiiig the central portion `thereof broken away, the upper portion being in section showing this improved combination applied to one end of a drum. l

Fig. l is a fragmentary sectional view of one end of the drum showing the faucet and drum in pouring position.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged longitudinal section of this improved faucet. y

Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary section of the pouring end of the f aucet, showing the valve in dispensing position. v Fig. 5 is an enlarged horizontal section taken on the line V-V, Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawings: 1 designates a drum which has the usual heads or ends 2 and 3, said heads being depressed as shown. Formed in the head 3 is a filling opening 4, which is surmounted by a fitting 5. Mounted in said fitting is a threaded closure plug 6, said plug being adapted to control the opening 4. Formed in the head 3, but oppositely disposed from the opening 4, is a dispensing opening 7, said opening being surmounted by a fitting 8. Mounted in said fitting is a threaded plug 9.

The aforesaid plugs are usual with drums of this character, which are adapted to be shipped containing a fluid, such as gasofaucet'shipped inside of the drum.

and be specifically pointed reference belene, and it is to be noted, from an inspection of Fig. 1, that said plugs are below the plane of'the'edge 10 of the drum, the purpose of this being so that, if the drum is up-ended in shipment, saidjplugs will not engage obstructions and ybe disturbed. In shipping drums of 'this character, it

is essential that a dispensing faucet be shipped along with the drum, the "faucet, at the'time of shipment, being dismounted from its pouring positioirso'as tto facilitate the handling of the drum, such as rolling, up-ending, and the like. For this reason, it has become preferable to have the `When the drum reaches its destination, the consumer will remove the faucetand mount said faucet to the drum in its dispensing position. Y Attention isi thereforev called to the plug 6, which has va lug '11 formed on its under side, saidl lugV having an openingl 12 formed therein; vThe faucet 13, which will hereinafter be morefully def scribed, hasattaching means 14 through which is` inserted a wireor support '15, said support, in turn, beinginserted in the opening 12 Vof the lug 11. This operation sus pendingly secures the faucet to the plug. It is readily seen that when the drum 1 has beenfilled, and the plug 6 has closed the filling opening 4, said faucet will suspend safely inside of the drum. When theL Consumer receives the drum, the plug 6 is removed, thereby carrying the faucet 13. Then the user will disconnect the vsupport 15 so that the faucet is separated from the plug. The plug 9 is then removed, and the threaded end 16 of the faucet is engaged in the threaded opening of the fitting 8, the` faucet then being in dispensing position.

Referring more particularly to Figs. 3, 4, and 5 which show the improved faucet, the barrel 17 of the faucet has the usual pas-y sageway 1S which leads to the body-portion 19. Formed in said body portion is a tapered valve seat 20. Turnably mounted in said seat 20 is a hollow valve 21 having a chamber 22 formed therein. Formed in the wall of said chamber is a port 23 said port being adapted to aline with the passageway 18. f

The valve 21 has an exterior threading 24 formed on one end thereof, said threading being for the reception of a nuty 25, which is adapted to drawV said valve tightly on the As shown in Fig. 3, the valve 21 of the faucet isin a closed position. In this posi"-V tion, the handle 26 and/extended portion 27 A p w'ill'ali'ne with the barrel 17 ofthe faucet,

vthe opening 2S of said extended .portion ver-fV tically aliiiing with the opening 29 which is Vformed in the extended portion 30, which is v.formed.integral with the body/portion 19 of thefaucet; In this position, a lock 31 ,is adapted tozengage said openings 2S and 29, thereby locking thevalve in'a Closed vposivtioii`(see Fig. 2).kv This position of the handle 26-relative tothe barrel'l? of the z l' faucet is such aswill allow said `faucet to b e easily vinserted and lremoved to and from i 1535VV V .the valve seat 20. f-. And after the valve seat theiilling opening 4. The extended portions 27 and 30, with their lrespective .open- 'ings 28 and 29,comprise the attaching means 14 which Vhas been heretofore described.

' Thek position of the valve shown in Fig. 4 indicatesthat-the port 23 is in alinenient with the; passagewayV 18, said position being the :pouring position in' which Huid is discharged into fthe chamber .22 of the valve and out ofthedischarge .opening 32, which is formed'in thek lower end of the valve.

yThis construction of faucet is Very simple,

Y as in the'A manufacture thereof it is only neclessaryrto provide .cores for the casting of 'the' faucet for .the passageway 18 andtheV opening in thel body portion 1 9 for forming set .our hands.

has been machined, the faucet is complete when the hollow Valve 21 is seated inthe seat, said valve serving vas a rshut-off as well as a discharge spout to thefaucet.

means formed on said plug for swinginglysuspending a faucet thereto so that said faucet canV passk through saidfopening ofV said drum and-be suspended in said drum. Y Y

2; The combination of a storage -drum having van opening formed therein, a. plug for closing said opening, and a faucet hav-` ing a securing opening, said faucet being capable of being passedthroughsaid plug opening ofsaid drum, a securing portion 4formed on said plug, saidplug being movablymounted on said drinn, said securing portion of said plug and said securing opening yof said faucet providing Vmeans for the introduction of a securing element so that l said faucet can pass throughesaid plug open'- ing of'said drum "and be s'uspendedfrom forth. Y

In testimony whereof, we have hereunto Louise. wiioKMAN; y c c fIHOS-.CONNORs 'f In the presence f v M410. HAMMON,l v yH. FLETCHER.

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